Gideon [N] [H] [S]called also Jerubbaal ( Judges 6:29 Judges 6:32 ), was the first of the judges whose history is circumstantially narrated (Judg. 6-...
Congregation [N] [S](Heb. kahal), the Hebrew people collectively as a holy community ( Numbers 15:15 ). Every circumcised Hebrew from twenty years old...
Fenced cities [S]There were in Palestine (1) cities, (2) unwalled villages, and (3) villages with castles or towers ( 1?Chronicles 27:25 ). Cities, so...
Women. [N]The position of women in the Hebrew commonwealth contrasts favorably with that which in the present day is assigned to them generally in ea...
Brass [N] [S]which is an alloy of copper and zinc, was not known till the thirteenth century. What is designated by this word in Scripture is properly...
Debir [N] [H] [S]oracle town; sanctuary. One of the eleven cities to the west of Hebron, in the highlands of Judah ( Joshua 15:49 ; Judg. 1:11-15 )....
Acts 28:10 Who also honoured us with many honours Not with divine honours, with religious adorations, as if they had been so many deities; for these t...
Gaza [N] [H] [S]called also Azzah, which is its Hebrew name ( Deuteronomy 2:23 ; 1?Kings 4:24 ; Jeremiah 25:20 ), strong, a city on the Mediterranea...
Poetry [N] [B]has been well defined as the measured language of emotion. Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man's relat...
Moabitethe designation of a tribe descended from Moab, the son of Lot ( Genesis 19:37 ). From Zoar, the cradle of this tribe, on the south-eastern bor...
Scribes [T] [S]anciently held various important offices in the public affairs of the nation. The Hebrew word so rendered (sopher) is first used to des...
fiery red ?????? [pyrros] : ?As a color fiery red, red (as fire).?1 The same color as the dragon in Revelation Rev. 12:3+. was granted Ultimate powe...
Agriculture. [N] [E]This was little cared for by the patriarchs. The pastoral life, however, was the means of keeping the sacred race, whilst yet a f...
Circumcision [N] [T] [B] [S]cutting around. This rite, practised before, as some think, by divers races, was appointed by God to be the special badge ...
Jordan [N] [E] [H](the descender ), the one river of Palestine, has a course of little more than 200 miles, from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the hea...
Dress [N] [S] Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together ( Genesis 3:7 ); then skins of animals ( 3:21 ). Elijah'...
CHAPTER 2 Isaiah 2:1-22 . 1. The inscription. The word--the revelation. 2. Same as Micah 4:1 . As Micah prophesied in Jotham's reign, and ...
Chapter 5151:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet a came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me...
Appear, Appearance The Old Testament. The Hebrew word most commonly used for appearance in the Old Testament is raa [h'a'r]. The seeing of God leads t...
Prayer [N] [T] [B] [S]is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Pr...